"Godfather of Soul" James Brown passes away... - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Muta · 12-25-2006, 04:42 AM

One of the greats passes on. Truly a legend in the Soul genre, and beyond.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Musi....ap/index.html

Delthefunky · 12-25-2006, 09:08 AM

James Brown is the king

bluejays · 12-25-2006, 11:28 AM

Man, I was trying so hard to get tickets for my parents when he came to town...they like that oldies stuff. All for nothing I guess.

Regulator75 · 12-25-2006, 11:56 AM

RIP Soul Man.

Displaced Flames fan · 12-25-2006, 12:00 PM

The hardest working man in show business...another of his many monikers. What a unique character that guy was! RIP Soul Man #1.

pope04 · 12-25-2006, 03:42 PM

Truly a sad day. The man was a one-of-a-kind original.

Jayems · 12-25-2006, 06:18 PM

lol.. he led cops on a highspeed chase and they shot at his truck?

got 6 years for it, paroled after 2 1/2
lol

itcrossedtheline · 12-25-2006, 09:24 PM

pretty influential guy in the music biz - he will be missed

Flash Walken · 12-25-2006, 09:26 PM

"I'm out on love!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvJH8-E-h0A

Frequitude · 12-26-2006, 04:51 AM

So sad. RIP.

I had tickets to see him on the 10th.

FlamingLonghorn · 12-26-2006, 08:57 AM

I am so glad that I got to see him a few months ago. My parents told me yesterday that when they lived in Augusta, Ga. before I was born every christmas they would take my older sister to James Brown's house because he went so overboard with the lights and everything. Definitely sad to see a legend pass.

keratosis · 12-26-2006, 09:23 AM

Rip

troutman · 12-26-2006, 09:55 AM

I'm glad I got to see him on his last trip to Calgary. At 70+ years old he was still a great entertainer.

I got a poster from that tour at Heritage Music - James Brown, Funkin' Canada.

shane_c · 12-27-2006, 04:20 PM

I was very surprised to hear this on the news the other day because for some reason I thought he died a few years ago. RIP.